Oh, The Memories

FISHING DAYS RELIVED IN PHOTOS

By Flip Putthoff
J.D. Fletcher of Eagle Rock, Mo., has 40 to 50 albums of photos, letters and newspaper and magazine articles from his years as a fishing guide on Table Rock Lake and the Kings River. He’s kept every photo he’s taken since the 1950s and has a vast collection of lures and fishing tackle. Here he looks at some of his photos on Feb. 1. The photo above Fletcher’s chair shows Fletcher, second from left, and some of his friends after trout fishing at Roaring River State Park.

TEAGLE ROCK, Mo. - There’s no telling how many thousands of watery miles J.D. Fletcher logged during the decades he worked as a fishing guide on the Kings River and Table Rock Lake.